Halo 4 Majestic Map Pack will release on February 25

Three all-new small to medium sized maps designed for small-team and free-for-all modes.

The Halo 4 Majestic Map Pack will be released on February 25, Microsoft has announced.

Developed in collaboration with Certain Affinity, the Majestic Map Pack features three new maps designed for close-quarters action in small-team and free-for-all modes. You'll find Microsoft's descriptions of each map below.

Landfall: A shining city under attack...
The world of Tribute is now a graveyard, but its capital was once a bright beacon of commerce among the inner colonies. Fight in the corridors and courtyards of Casbah's port authority buildings, but don't stand still too long. Perfect for Infinity Slayer, this small to midsize asymmetrical map offers interiors with sparse cover, which encourages close-range combat, while the exteriors offer long lines of sight to stalk your opponents. Awesome jump routes let players spring around the outside of the map, incidentally offering a perfect view of the city as it is razed by the Covenant's brutal assault.

Monolith: Adrift in a forgotten asteroid belt...
This monument and many like it were built by the Forerunners after their final victory over the ancient humans. This small map has central man-cannons, short corridors, almost no cover, and open sightlines which make the location great for a mixture of close and mid-range battle. Monolith harkens back to more classic Halo arena-based maps, and its symmetry lends nicely to objective-based modes like Capture the Flag. Monolith is an open battlefield; wherever you look, you will witness the ferocious action that only a small and open map can provide.

Skyline: Combat analysts agree
The rooftop terrain on this new space tether construction site is an ideal training environment for close-quarters infantry combat. This map, perched high above the sights of reconstruction in Cascade's capital city, is small and symmetrical, perfect for Regicide with a mixture of high and low spaces and plenty of cover. Don't think cover means you're safe, however – this map holds explosive fuel cells that can and will wreak havoc in Skyline's confined spaces, not to mention the long, long drop if you misstep.

The map pack also introduces two new playlists and a new free-for-all game type, Infinity Rumble, that is exclusive to the Majestic DLC playlist for a limited time, as well as 10 new Achievements worth a total of 250 Gamerscore.

New Game Type: Infinity Rumble
A free-for-all game type where you can earn personal ordnance; all special medal and style kills help you earn ordnance faster, and you can also earn assists off of enemy players for even more medal points. You must carefully conserve and use your ordnance at just the right moment, or combine power-ups with power weapons in the race to be first. Every kill, and every death counts in Infinity Rumble, and this is reflected with a slower spawn time in the free-for-all matches.

New Playlists: Majestic Team DLC and Majestic FFA DLC

Majestic FFA DLC (8 players): Majestic FFA is an incredibly intense free-for-all playlist. Players are all alone in this playlist with seven others, vying for first place!

Majestic Team DLC (4 vs. 4): Majestic Team DLC is a 4 vs. 4 playlist that focuses on both team play and tight objective combat.

The Majestic Map Pack will be available on Xbox LIVE for 800 Microsoft Points. Players who purchase the Halo 4 War Games Map Pass or Halo 4 Limited Edition will receive access to both the Crimson and Majestic Map Packs as well as the final map pack when it releases in April at a 15 per cent saving versus purchasing them individually.